Three Suspected Drones Shot Down, Offensive In Lebanon Approved
Latest Updates: IDF said it has killed at least 550 terrorists in the Rafah operation • Bibi Netanyahu urges Biden’s administration to renew its plan to deliver weapons to Israel • Three suspected drones were shot down over the Gallil • Full Story, Watch
The IDF said Monday it has dismantled about half of Hamas’s fighting force in Rafah, killing at least 550 terrorists in the area, as the operation against the terror group in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city continued.
The IDF’s 162nd Division has been fighting in Rafah for more than 40 days, first taking control of the city’s eastern outskirts and the border crossing with Egypt in early May. In the second stage of the operation, about a week and a half later, the division captured the Brazil neighborhood.
The third stage of the Rafah offensive saw the IDF take control of the entire Egypt-Gaza border, known as the Philadelphi Corridor, and push into the city’s northwestern Tel Sultan neighborhood.
The IDF said it has killed at least 550 terrorists in the Rafah operation — that is, those it was able to physically identify following battles. Many more terror operatives were killed in strikes against buildings and tunnels, it has assessed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today urged President Biden’s administration to renew its plan to deliver weapons to Israel.
Three suspected drones were shot down over the Western Galilee a short while ago, the military says.
The IDF says it launched interceptor missiles at the three “suspicious aerial targets” that had crossed into Israeli airspace, and successfully intercepted them.
Sirens had sounded due to fears of falling shrapnel following the interceptions.
The IDF says it carried out a series of strikes in southern Lebanon today, targeting several Hezbollah operatives involved in launching drones.
The operatives were part of Hezbollah’s aerial forces unit, which the military says was behind dozens of explosive-laden drone attacks on northern Israel and other surveillance operations.
The head of the IDF Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin and head of the Operations Directorate, Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk, approved battle plans today, the military says.
The IDF in a statement says the generals held an assessment, during which “operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were approved.”
The top commanders also made decisions regarding “accelerating the readiness of the forces on the ground,” the military adds.
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